Nancy Guthrie Update: Expert Believes New FBI Technology May Expose the Suspect

Four months after Today host Savannah Guthrie‘s mom, Nancy Guthrie, vanished from her Tucson home, the FBI is exploring cutting-edge technology that investigators hope could finally crack the case.

Fox News Digital reported on Monday, June 2, that the bureau has been discussing new tech tools in the Guthrie investigation, though sources declined to elaborate.

Morgan Wright, CEO and founder of the National Center for Open and Unsolved Cases, said Monday he believes the focus likely falls into one of three areas: video forensics, signals analysis, or blockchain technology.

“The solution to this case is going to be, I think, something technical, something that they come up with — new ways of analyzing data,” Wright told the outlet.

“I’m looking at the video, the video forensics, signals analysis, blockchain kind of stuff.”

Video forensics could sharpen publicly available or previously unseen footage to help identify the suspect or his vehicle.

Signals analysis may involve cell-site or ad-tech data, while blockchain tools could expose whoever was behind the ransom and extortion attempts tied to the case.

Wright, editor and host of the Crime: Reconstructed Substack and podcast, said he believes the evidence currently points to a single kidnapper.

Since Nancy disappeared, only one person has turned up on video, and the combined reward of more than $1.2 million remains unclaimed.

“I don’t know that there’s anything else to indicate a second person,” he said.

He added that the suspect likely removed a doorbell camera not to hide his already masked face, but to prevent his vehicle from being identified.

“The blood trail stops at the edge of the driveway,” Wright said. “So we know there was a car.”

The investigation has already seen notable tech advances.

In February, authorities previously flew a Bluetooth “sniffer” over the neighborhood by helicopter, hoping to detect a signal from Guthrie’s pacemaker, as reported by TMZ.

Nancy, 83, was reported missing on February 1.

People with any information regarding the case are asked to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324). You may also contact your local FBI office, the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or you can submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.